Bug type

Behavior bug (incorrect output/state without crash)

Summary

Custom Provider doesn't work after Onbording with error: No API key found for provider

Steps to reproduce

1. Run install: curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash
2. Competed onboarding with custom provider OpenAI compatible left API key blank (not need)
3. OpenClaw TUI launched with error message: Agent failed before reply: No API key found for provider "custom-127-0-0-1-8080".

Expected behavior

Expected no error. Not sure what actualy should happen I'm using OpenClaw for the first time.

Actual behavior

OpenClaw TUI launched with error message: Agent failed before reply: No API key found for provider "custom-127-0-0-1-8080".

OpenClaw version

Latest as of 2026-03-11

Operating system

Ubuntu 24.0.4 Server

Install method

curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash

Model

Qwen 3.5

Provider / routing chain

Local llama.cpp OpenAI compatible

Config file / key location

No response

Additional provider/model setup details

No response

Logs, screenshots, and evidence

Impact and severity

Critical

Additional information

No response